Thank you to staff and volunteers for response to the antibody testing programme

Dr Tom Davis

A message from Dr Tom Davis for staff and volunteers on the response to the antibody testing programme:

Dear colleagues,

I want to thank you personally for the tremendous response that we have had to our appeal on Friday for volunteer participants in our antibody testing programme. 

As of last night we have already tested over 1600 staff and volunteers and I would like to thank you all for working with us whilst we experienced the few but inevitable challenges when immobilising such a large programme.

On this note I also want to say a huge thank you to the extensive team of people who have worked tirelessly day and night this weekend to make this first stage such a success.

To allow us to take stock of where we are and to re-mobilise kit and testing staff we will temporarily suspend testing tomorrow (Monday 1 June) and Tuesday, recommencing again on Wednesday.  We will make sure that arrangements are in place so that any member of staff, volunteer or any other colleagues affiliated to the Trust can take advantage of this opportunity for antibody testing before we complete the programme.

I know that a number of you have enquired about when you can expect to receive your results. The coordination centre will be receiving the first results back from tomorrow onwards before passing them to your local Covid-19 Lead who will be in direct contact with you. Please bear with us as I am sure you will appreciate with the volume of tests carried out, that we can’t give a precise turnaround time. 

If you have any other questions about the programme please check the Q&A on Need To Know before consulting with your line manager who will be able to help you.

Again, thank you so much for stepping up for the Trust and taking part in our antibody testing programme. 

It’s great that we can all take this simple measure to help add to the body of knowledge about the distribution of Covid-19, which will hopefully bring an early end to the massive challenges that we and everybody across the nation has faced in recent months.

Best wishes,
Tom Davis

Published 31st May 2020

Have you registered to book your test?
If you have not yet registered to book your place for your COVID-19 antibodies test and would like to be tested, please complete our form on Need to Know.

 

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